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<p>The public learns little from politicians publishing their tax returns that it didn’t already know</p>
john rentoul

What do tax returns published by Starmer, Rayner and Reeves tell us?

Openness and transparency are good, aren’t they? Not necessarily, says John Rentoul

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<p>A steelworker watches as molten steel pours from one of the Blast Furnaces at the British Steel - Scunthorpe plant</p>
Michael Sheridan

Jingye's control of British Steel was never just ‘business’

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<p>Trump’s vice president, JD Vance, has signalled a UK-US trade deal could be on the cards</p>
sean o'grady

Vance dangling a UK trade deal looks good on paper – but at what cost?

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<p>More than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed in the past 18 months – according to local health authorities – amid the total destruction of Gaza</p>
alon pinkas

Why Hamas rejected Israel’s offer of a ceasefire in Gaza

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<p>‘Miss Me?’ podcast host, Miquita Oliver, discussed how she went bankrupt aged 27</p>
emma clarke

What Miquita Oliver’s bankruptcy tells us about women and money

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<p>Katy Perry and an all-female crew are set to fly into space on Jeff Bezos rocket</p>
charlotte cripps

I was a people pleaser, too – but going to space is a step too far

<p>Aimee Lou Wood as Chelsea in 'The White Lotus'</p>
fiona sturges

What SNL’s Aimee Lou Wood gag tells us about the state of US satire

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<p>‘Since the start of Sudan’s brutal conflict two years ago today, women and girls have come under constant attack’</p>
Dr Elzahra Mohammed

The brutal truth about being a young woman in Sudan

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<p>Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said there will be no ‘two-tier’ system (Jordan Pettitt/PA)</p>
Mark Day

Rather than ending two-tier justice, Labour risks enshrining it in law

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<p>Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping</p>
chris blackhurst

Trump won’t admit it – but he blinked first in his China trade war

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<p>Bergen-Belsen camp in 1945</p>
karen pollock

The horrors witnessed by British troops at Bergen-Belsen 80 years ago

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<p>‘You’d think weddings would be a great place for single people like me to meet people’</p>
Olivia Petter

This simple wedding hack would be a godsend for single guests like me

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<p>French president Emmanuel Macron is expected to recognise the state of Palestine – so why does Keir Starmer not do the same?</p>
Sir Vincent Fean

When Macron recognises Palestine, will Starmer follow suit?

<p>‘Don’t go broke trying to look rich. It’s something my brother shared with me a couple of years ago when we were talking about the pressure to keep up with the people around you. And really, it’s a motto for life’</p>
The Money Column

How is social media influencing your spending habits?

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<p>This week, Rosamund chooses her favourite wines to drink at Easter</p>
The Wine Down

Why not try these cracking wines this Easter?

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<p>Squeaky blinders: rats during the Birmingham bin strike</p>
Voices

Rats! Why Angela Rayner must sort out Birmingham’s striking binmen

The deputy prime minister boasts of her background as a trade union negotiator – as rubbish piles up in the Labour-run city, she must put it to the test, writes John Rentoul

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<p>‘Miliband may linger in Starmer’s cabinet as a green talisman, helping to keep Labour idealists from defecting to the Greens, or he may resign on a point of principle, helping Labour to appeal to Reform-minded voters’</p>
John Rentoul

The big loser from the collapse of British Steel is Ed Miliband

<p>‘In a week in which we have Trump’s crackers AI video, I would argue that a dog sound bath is the only sane response’</p>
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As the world went Trump mad, I took my pet for a doggy sound bath

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<p>According to JD Vance, a UK-US trade deal could be on the horizon</p>
The Independent View

If Starmer pulls off a trade deal with the US, he’ll seal his legacy

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The Independent View

If Starmer pulls off a trade deal with the US, he’ll seal his legacy

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<p>According to JD Vance, a UK-US trade deal could be on the horizon</p>
<p>Job vacancies are vanishing as a result of Rachel Reeves’s tax on employment</p>
Voices

The latest jobs figures are out – and it’s bad news for the chancellor

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<p>Demonstrators from the group, Jewish Voice for Peace protest inside Trump Tower in support of Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil</p>
Voices

Trump’s $2bn Harvard University row reveals his free speech hypocrisy

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<p>It has all the elements of any thriller: the blast furnaces that have been in non-stop operation have only days – if not hours – of life left in them before they are extinguished forever</p>
The Independent View

Britain will not tolerate destructive behaviour masked as investment

<p>Public sector bodies have been called upon to consider the economic and social impact on the UK before purchasing steel from abroad</p>
Voices

British steel industry is on life support – but can taxpayers save it?

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<p>Public sector bodies have been called upon to consider the economic and social impact on the UK before purchasing steel from abroad</p>
Voices

British steel industry is on life support – but can taxpayers save it?

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<p>The first of The Independent’s completed safe houses funded by the Brick by Brick campaign, which was launched in September 2024 </p>
The Independent View

Time to build a better future – Brick by Brick

<p>Birmingham residents have been warned to take care of their personal rubbish and watch out for bin raiders</p>
Home News

Have your say: Who’s to blame for Birmingham’s bin crisis?

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Trump has a deep grudge against Zelensky – but he’s now taken it further than ever

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Mystery behind felling of 500-year-old London tree solved

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Trump tariffs latest: JD Vance says good chance of UK trade deal and praises Britain

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Starmer told to accept Trump ‘free speech’ agenda to win trade deal

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<p>A billboard in Sierra Leone advertising HIV testing</p>
The Independent View

Britain’s aid cuts harm the world – and the UK itself

<p>‘This week’s executive order may act as a double espresso for the coal industry’s short-term future, but I can’t see that energy high lasting much longer’</p>
Voices

Coal is not clean, it’s not beautiful, and we don’t need it for AI

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<p>The cost of renewing a British passport has jumped to £94.50 – a 25 per cent increase in two years </p>
Voices

I’m not the only British tourist with a passport horror story

<p>Cargo ships in the Singapore Strait – some distance from their nearest dock</p>
Errors & Omissions

Mea Culpa: Un-separating and substituting

<p>Keir Starmer meets British Steel workers in Appleby Village Hall near Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, on Saturday</p>
The Independent View

British Steel and the pragmatic case for public ownership

<p>‘In recent years, white defendants have spent consistently less time in custody, on average, than all other ethnic groups combined for indictable offences’</p>
Voices

The disproportionality in our prison sentencing is a national scandal

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<p>Cargo ships in the Singapore Strait – some distance from their nearest dock</p>
Errors & Omissions

Mea Culpa: Un-separating and substituting

<p>Keir Starmer meets British Steel workers in Appleby Village Hall near Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, on Saturday</p>
The Independent View

British Steel and the pragmatic case for public ownership

<p>‘In recent years, white defendants have spent consistently less time in custody, on average, than all other ethnic groups combined for indictable offences’</p>
Voices

The disproportionality in our prison sentencing is a national scandal

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<p>In Maga we trust: Donald Trump</p>
Voices

Magaland’s faith is being tested – maybe St Donald is human after all

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Magaland’s faith is being tested – maybe St Donald is human after all

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Jon Sopel
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<p>In Maga we trust: Donald Trump</p>
<p>‘In Bangkok, Min Aung Hlaing may have posed in a suit and tie, instead of his usual army uniform bedecked with unearned medals, but he merits a convict’s attire’</p>
Voices

Myanmar’s dictator posed in a suit. It should have been prison uniform

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<p>‘At first glance, it looks like a bold act by Pat McFadden, the Cabinet Office minister and one of the government’s most powerful figures’</p>
Voices

Is the government’s Cabinet Office ‘reform’ a cover for cuts?

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<p>US president Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on 9 April 2025 in Washington, DC</p>
Voices

Insider trading accusations against Trump should be no laughing matter

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<p>The ‘coalition of the willing’ are meeting today at Nato’s headquarters in Brussels</p>
Voices

It’ll take more than a ‘reassurance force’ to fill the US-sized hole

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<p>The ‘coalition of the willing’ are meeting today at Nato’s headquarters in Brussels</p>
Voices

It’ll take more than a ‘reassurance force’ to fill the US-sized hole

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<p>A migrant waves while crossing the English Channel on a small boat</p>
Voices

Can we afford not to introduce digital IDs?

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<p>‘An electrical contractor opened a six-foot roadside gate without my knowing and the dogs ran out’</p>
Voices

When my dogs escaped, I learned the true meaning of neighbourly love

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<p>Chancellor Rachel Reeves has welcomed February’s 0.5 per cent growth in GDP (James Manning/PA)</p>
Voices

Strong GDP growth is unexpected good news – but there’s a ‘but’…

<p>‘Prospero and Ariel’ by Eric Gill on the front of the BBC’s Broadcasting House</p>
Voices

Artworks by disgraced artists need context, not protective screens

<p>From right to left: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, his fiancée Lauren Sanchez, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and his wife Priscilla Chan attend the United States Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC</p>
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Analysis: Big Tech’s bet on Donald Trump has blown up in their face

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I'm the 'teacher of the year' who took a knee at LSU

<p>Donald Trump and Laura Loomer pose at a golf event in August 2023: ‘In no rational world would any US president go within a million miles of someone like Loomer, far less invite her to the White House and listen to her advice’</p>
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Terrifyingly, conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer has Donald Trump’s ear

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The Independent View

Donald Trump’s climbdown will be a turning point in his presidency

<p>‘After Tariffgate, Trump will never escape the brutal truth that he has been exposed as unfit to run America’s economy’</p>
Voices

Tariffgate: How Trump’s trade war blew up in his face

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<p>Home secretary Yvette Cooper has promised a named police officer for every community</p>
Voices

Two cheers for Yvette Cooper’s bid to put more bobbies on the beat

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<p>‘Tesco CEO Ken Murphy warned that the current year’s “adjusted” operating profit figure could be as much as £400m lower’</p>
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Every little helps! About time Tesco joined the supermarket price war

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Every little helps! About time Tesco joined the supermarket price war

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James Moore
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<p>‘Tesco CEO Ken Murphy warned that the current year’s “adjusted” operating profit figure could be as much as £400m lower’</p>
<p>‘When Trump makes a clown of himself, he takes everyone else down with him’</p>
Voices

The tariff disaster has turned Trump into a Pantomime Villain-in-Chief

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<p>A couple look at homes advertised in an estate agent’s window</p>
Voices

Has the ‘Trump slump’ done British homebuyers a favour?

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The Independent View

Trump is losing his ‘war with the world’ after barely a week

<p>What the new Universal theme park in Bedford is expected to look like</p>
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Universal’s UK theme park is a rollercoaster of a challenge for Labour

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<p>What the new Universal theme park in Bedford is expected to look like</p>
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Universal’s UK theme park is a rollercoaster of a challenge for Labour

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<p>King Charles in Rome with Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni</p>
Voices

How the King is seducing Labour

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<p>‘There is also a sense that the days of the nearly 86-year-old Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, are numbered, and change could be in the offing’</p>
Voices

Could the US be about to seal a deal with Iran?

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<p>In the Oval Office, Donald Trump appears to jab a finger at his ‘First Buddy’, Elon Musk</p>
Voices

Maga is in meltdown – but the adolescent bad-mouthing has to stop

<p>‘If China wins the game of economic poker with the US, Trump is more likely to have to make concessions to the rest’</p>
Voices

Blundering Trump has given China’s cruel regime a PR coup

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<p>‘The government's dire fiscal position means it can't unleash a big bazooka used in previous crises, such as nationalising banks in the 2008 financial crisis ‘</p>
Voices

Starmer’s Trump problem won’t ease by rolling out old announcements 

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<p>‘Labour’s tax increases and the fall in the value of the pound are reportedly among the biggest reasons when deciding to ship out and take your cash with you’</p>
Voices

Labour must do more to stop the ‘millionaire drain’

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<p>Donald Trump at the White House after announcing sweeping new tariffs</p>
Voices

Since Trump came to power, cowardice has become contagious

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<p>Xi Jinping responded to Donald Trump’s threat to impose 104 per cent tariffs on China by promising a ‘fight to the end’</p>
The Independent View

Barely anyone will be left unaffected by Trump’s tariffs misadventure

<p>The UK will ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 (Matthew Cooper/PA)</p>
Electric Vehicles

Madman’s dream or breath of fresh air? Readers split on petrol car ban

<p>A senior analyst monitors a screen displaying the FTSE 100 index at IG Group in London on Monday</p>
Voices

Whisper it, but UK plc is nearly ready for Trump’s new world order

<p>Donald Trump labelled his supporters who are worried about the effect of his tariff war as ‘Panicans’</p>
Voices

Don’t ‘Panican’! Republicans are finally waking up to Donald Trump

Voices

Don’t ‘Panican’! Republicans are finally waking up to Donald Trump

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<p>Donald Trump labelled his supporters who are worried about the effect of his tariff war as ‘Panicans’</p>
<p>Charles and Camilla posing for a portrait next to the Neronian spur of the Aqua Claudia at Villa Wolkonsky in Rome</p>
Voices

The reason why Britain is keen to hold Italy close

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<p>A registration form at a GP practice (Anthony Devlin/PA)</p>
Health

‘I no longer recognise it’: Readers share their NHS experiences

<p>Billionaire Bill Ackman, who backed Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign, warned that tariffs would end in an “economic nuclear winter”</p>
Voices

How Trump’s ‘PANICAN’ jibe at his tariff critics could backfire

<p>Finnish conscripts are seen resting during a military training at the Karelia Brigade Pahkajärvi firing range in Vekaranjärvi, north of Kääpälä, Finland on May 19, 2022. - Military service is still compulsory for all male citizens in Finland. (Photo by Alessandro RAMPAZZO / AFP) (Photo by ALESSANDRO RAMPAZZO/AFP via Getty Images)*citizen armies*</p>
Home News

Your views on conscription – from ‘necessary evil’ to ‘waste of time’

<p>Finnish conscripts are seen resting during a military training at the Karelia Brigade Pahkajärvi firing range in Vekaranjärvi, north of Kääpälä, Finland on May 19, 2022. - Military service is still compulsory for all male citizens in Finland. (Photo by Alessandro RAMPAZZO / AFP) (Photo by ALESSANDRO RAMPAZZO/AFP via Getty Images)*citizen armies*</p>
Home News

Your views on conscription – from ‘necessary evil’ to ‘waste of time’

<p>A trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as Wall Street stocks opened sharply lower Monday</p>
The Independent View

The US president must stop his ‘Trump Slump’ becoming a global one

<p>Wes Streeting announced that health workers will be sent door to door in a radical NHS scheme to tackle Britain’s sickness crisis</p>
Voices

Sending health workers door to door won’t fix the NHS’s real problem

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<p>Prime minister Keir Starmer speaking during a visit to Jaguar Land Rover in Birmingham (Kirsty Wigglesworth/PA)</p>
Voices

Was Black Monday the day a new global recession started?

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<p>Pumped and primed (PA)</p>
Voices

All pumped up, Keir Starmer is right to relax the petrol car ban

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<p>Donald Trump is at war with law firms that represented his ‘political enemies’</p>
Voices

US law firms are caving into Trump’s bullying – guess who’ll pay?

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<p>Keir Starmer will announce more measures to boost growth</p>
The Independent View

Starmer’s economic reset must include a debate about income tax

<p>Donald Trump and Xi Jinping</p>
Voices

Trump has made China appear a beacon of free trade

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<p>The leader of the opposition claimed that Net Zero would be ‘impossible’ to achieve by 2050</p>
Voices

How forging ahead with Net Zero could make Britain money

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<p>This week, Rosamund Hall explains what commonly used ‘wine words’ really mean</p>
Voices

Wine words: Are they useful or just a load of old nonsense?

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<p>My grief was breaking over me like ‘The Great Wave off Kanagawa’ and anger and loneliness seeped through</p>
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How I found my way after losing my husband to a shock cancer diagnosis

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<p>Bridget Phillipson has used her time as education secretary so far to focus on early years learning and capital investment</p>
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Sacking Phillipson as education secretary would be an act of vandalism

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Sacking Phillipson as education secretary would be an act of vandalism

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Anthony Seldon
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<p>Bridget Phillipson has used her time as education secretary so far to focus on early years learning and capital investment</p>
<p>New world order: There was definitely an ocean there the last time I looked</p>
Errors & Omissions

Mea Culpa: Continental drift

<p>Sir Alex Younger</p>
The Independent View

Britain must urgently rearm to see off the threat from Russia

<p>‘The French president sprays ‘industrial amounts’ of Dior’s Eau Sauvage each day as some sort of deliberate assertion of power’</p>
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Tone it down, Macron – men drowning in fragrance is a total turnoff

<p>‘No one else I knew had an ill parent so perilously close to death. They either got ill and recovered or got ill and died. My dad didn’t seem to do either’</p>
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My dad had nine lives – so why was his death still such a shock?

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<p>‘No one else I knew had an ill parent so perilously close to death. They either got ill and recovered or got ill and died. My dad didn’t seem to do either’</p>
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My dad had nine lives – so why was his death still such a shock?

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<p>‘The falls in stock markets around the world reflect a rational assessment of the consequences of a trade war’</p>
Voices

Donald Trump is the Liz Truss of US economic policy

<p>In Finland, all male citizens aged 18 to 60 are subject to conscription (Photo by HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA/Lehtikuva/AFP via Getty Images)</p>
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Tell us if Britain should revive national service to prepare for war

<p>Rachel Reeves is grilled by the Treasury committee on her spring statement</p>
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Rachel Reeves should introduce a ‘Trump tax’ in her next Budget

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<p>Energy secretary Ed Miliband vows to create thousands of jobs through clean energy</p>
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Why green power will bring down energy bills for good

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<p>Donald Trump and Brexit champion Nigel Farage</p>
Voices

This is Trump’s Brexit disaster moment – with the same central lie

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5 April 2025
The Independent View

Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ will live in infamy

<p>Elon Musk</p>
Voices

Elon Musk’s terrible week is about to get even worse

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Is this the secret manual behind Trump’s tough talk on tariffs?

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5 April 2025
The Independent View

Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ will live in infamy

<p>Elon Musk</p>
Voices

Elon Musk’s terrible week is about to get even worse

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Is this the secret manual behind Trump’s tough talk on tariffs?

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<p>US President Donald Trump signed an executive order giving TikTok an extension until April 5 (Niall Carson/PA)</p>
Voices

‘Hulk’ Trump has smashed through the global economy

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<p>Frieda Hughes celebrates her 65th birthday</p>
Voices

This is what it is really like to get older (naturally)

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The Independent View

Starmer is right to maintain dignity – and avoid upsetting Trump

<p>For Donald Trump, trade tariffs and sanctions are quite different things and so kept in quite distinct lanes</p>
Voices

As Russia is spared from tariffs, is Trump playing into Putin’s hands?

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<p>If you want books for free, please go to a real library. Every time you borrow a book, authors get around 11p. That’s fair for everyone</p>
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Why I and other bestselling authors are protesting outside Meta today

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<p>Donald Trump and Elon Musk speak to the press as they stand next to a Tesla Cybertruck at the White House</p>
Business Comment

Tesla’s takedown protests have produced one big loser – Elon Musk

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Voices

Keep calm and carry on: Starmer is right to duck the tariffs brawl

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<p>Shein’s float – which had been expected in the first half of this year – may have to be mothballed until investors can gauge the impact of the tariffs on its business</p>
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Trump tariffs will raise cost of trainers – and trip up impulse buyers

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